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We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
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Thomas Babington Macaulay was a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1800–1859).

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This quote is attributed to Thomas Babington Macaulay, a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay lived from 1800 – 1859.